KPIF
| Pocatello/Idaho Falls, Idaho United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 15.1 Retro TV |
| Affiliations | Retro TV (2009–2011, 2014–present) |
| Owner |
Pocatello Channel 15, LLC (Pocatello Channel 15, LLC) |
| First air date | March 1, 2004 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Pocatello Idaho Falls |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 15 (UHF, 2004–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
America One (2004) The WB (2004–2006) The CW (2006–2009) Silent (2011–2014) |
| Transmitter power | 239 kW |
| Height | 327 m |
| Facility ID | 86205 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°51′50″N 112°31′10″W / 42.86389°N 112.51944°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
KPIF is a full-power television station serving Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Idaho, as an affiliate of the Retro Television Network. The station is owned by KM Communications Inc. and broadcast on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter located on Howard Mountain in Pocatello.
History
The original construction permit for KPIF was granted on March 2, 2001, to Pocatello Channel 15, LLC, a partnership between KM Communications, Inc. of Skokie, Illinois, Kaleidoscope Foundation, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas (a subsidiary of Equity Broadcasting Corporation), and Potelco Broadcasting of Greensboro, North Carolina. The three companies had been competing applicants for a channel 15 television station in Pocatello, and agreed in 2000 to form a partnership in order to expedite construction of the station.[1] In 2003, due to irreconcilable differences that caused delays in development of the permit, Myoung Hwa Bae of KM Communications extended an offer to buy out the other two members.[2] KM Communications completed construction of the station and signed on in March 2004 under Program Test Authority from the FCC.[3] The station applied for a license to cover the construction permit on March 1, 2004, and was granted the license on October 11, 2006.
Initially, KPIF was affiliated with America One, but the station picked up a WB affiliation a few months later. It became an affiliate of The CW on September 18, 2006. At one point, KBEO of Jackson, Wyoming (which was the first to sign on, on March 30, 2001) became a satellite of KPIF (KBEO has since gone dark).
After The CW moved to a digital subchannel of KIFI-TV on September 7, 2009, the stations switched to RTV.
Digital television
Digital channel
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.1 | 480i | 4:3 | KPIF-DT | Retro TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KPIF shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 15, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 15,[5][6] as they were granted original construction permits after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997.
While KPIF did broadcast a digital signal after the analog shutdown, it did not apply for a license to cover or an extension of the digital construction permit (which expired on June 12, 2009) until 2014. KPIF was granted a broadcast license for its digital signal on February 6, 2016.[7]
External links
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KPIF
- Query TV Fool's coverage map for KPIF
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KPIF-TV
- Post Register article on station sign-on
- Station Facebook page
References
- ↑ Settlement and merger agreement among KM, Potelco and Kaleidoscope
- ↑ Letter from Myoung Hwa Bae offering buy-out
- ↑ Federal Communications Commission Memorandum opinion and order, May 11, 2006
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KPIF
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ↑ http://www.transmitter.com Final Digital TV (DTV) Channel Plan from FCC97-115
- ↑ "Television Broadcast Station License" (PDF).